seagoons

Sellers-Milligan-Secombe

Ah, summer. Thank you for letting me catch up on The Goon Show. Namely, Series 5, Episode 3: The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea).

Henry Crun:
It's much too dark to see, strike a light.

Seagoon:
Not allowed in blackout.

Minnie Bannister:
Strike a dark light.

Seagoon:
No madam! Madam, we daren't. Why, only twenty eight miles across the Channel the Germans are watching this coast.

Minnie Bannister:
Pittle Poo. They can't see a match being struck.

Seagoon:
Oh, all right.

FX: [Striking match - Bomb whistle - Explosion]

Seagoon:
Any questions?

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take the train to breaker street.

awk

Andrew W.K. has a new show coming out on Adult Swim. I could not be happier about this.

Says WK:

"The show is about having fun, partying, rolling around, rolling over, piling up, skipping forth, and ambling about. In addition to that movement, we also dance, strut, talk, ponder, and probe deep into the questions about life and how to live it. During this pilot, we discussed puking and alcohol, standing tall, underdogs, and how to have sex."

found on yahoo answers

kim's

Man. This recession is horrible. Three close friends have already lost their jobs, the bank that issued my grad school loans has ceased to exist, and now, to top it off, I learn that Village Institution and consummate purveyor-of-wonder Kim's Video is shutting down and shipping off to Italy. I'll never forget when I found this rental cover at their place, and thought, this here's love of film. Life seemed so full of hope, then.

purns:

Jon Glaser is so, so, so funny.

His new Adult Swim show, Delocated:
After testifying against the Russian Mafia, "Jon" and his family are uprooted and decide to live undercover in a sweet loft in New York City. But rather than live quietly through a witness protection program, "Jon" convinces his family to become ski-masked reality stars and have their adventures chronicled for television audiences.

curb

I spent a little while perusing this today...recommended reading for all.

In one of my favorite portions, Larry describes the origin of the 'pretty, pretty, pretty good' line:

Larry David: That line 'Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good' came from a bit I did on stage once that had to do with how you never tell your parents how you really feel. It was about my mother coming home and finding me with my head in the oven. She says, 'How are things going?' And I say, 'Things are good! Things are good! Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.'

peebles

From the Wiki entry on Sweet Sweetback:

Van Peebles funded the film himself, shooting it independently over a period of 19 days, performing all of his own stunts and appearing in several unsimulated sex scenes. Van Peebles gained additional funds from applying for Workers' Compensation after contracting gonorrhea during the shooting of these scenes (saying he was "hurt on the job"). Van Peebles used the money to purchase more film.

defending your life

friedman

Matt Taibbi is a genius. That's all.

http://www.nypress.com/article-11419-flathead.html

http://www.nypress.com/article-19271-flat-n-all-that.html